Donnelly v. Boston & Maine Railroad

This is an action for running down and injuring the plaintiff while crossing the defendant’s track. At the point in question, a public road came down to the defendant’s station on the west side of the track. On the east side were the Merrimac Chemical Works, surrounded by a fence, in which, opposite the *211road, was a gate with a lock, and marked “No Admittance.” The chemical company maintained a crossing between the gate and the road for the convenience of its own business, by the license of the defendant. We must take it that both the defendant and the plaintiff knew of the sign on the gate.…